Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Camillo Ragona | |
Bishop of Capaccio | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Capaccio |
Term: | 1665–1677 |
Predecessor: | Tommaso Carafa |
Successor: | Andrea Bonito |
Consecration: | 23 October 1644 |
Consecrated By: | Francesco Maria Brancaccio |
Birth Date: | 1604 |
Birth Place: | Tricarico, Italy |
Death Date: | 1 August 1677 (age 73) |
Death Place: | Capaccio, Italy |
Previous Post: | Bishop of Acerno (1644–1665) |
Nationality: | Italian |
Camillo Ragona (1604 – 1 August 1677) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Capaccio (1665–1677) and Bishop of Acerno (1644–1665).[1]
Camillo Ragona was born in Tricarico, Italy in 1604.[2] [3] On 17 October 1644, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent X as Bishop of Acerno.On 23 October 1644, he was consecrated bishop by Francesco Maria Brancaccio, Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli, with Tommaso Carafa, Bishop of Capaccio, and Luigi Pappacoda, Bishop of Lecce, serving as co-consecrators. On 13 April 1665, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Alexander VII as Bishop of Capaccio.He served as Bishop of Capaccio until his death on 1 August 1677.